Fence-post.



T. W. WRIGHT.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.27,1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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THOMAS W. WRIGHT, 0F ANDERSON, INDIANA.

FENCE-POST.

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Application filed J anuary 27, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident .of Anderson, county of Madison, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Fence-Post; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to utilize boiler tubes which are practically a Waste or by-product, for making posts suitable for fencing or other purposes. quantity of boiler tubes from .locomotive boilers and stationary boilers which are practically waste product, for after the have been used for years, there is so much deposited on them and they have been otherwise so afiected, that they cannot be satisfactorily remelted so that the iron in them can be used again to advantage. Hence, there is practically no market or use for them and there is such a large quantity of them thrown away every year from disuse in boilers of various types that I have discovered a means of employing the same to great advantage to the public, in the form of fence posts and the like. My plan is to obtain said Water tubes and cut them in lengths suitable for posts. and so form or transform them, cheaply, soas to make very satisfactory and durable fence posts, at. a very low cost.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of wire fencing showing line posts made of boiler tubes and showing the earth in section to disclose the bases of the posts. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the post showing the side thereof opposite that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top of the post, omitting the base of the post; Figs. t to 6 are cross sections of the post on the lines indicated in Fig. 2.

In the drawings 10 represents a portion of the earth in'section and 11 smooth fence wires and 12 a barb wire at the top of the For line posts I take two engine boiler tubes, such as are used in locomotive boilers, and cut them into post lengths, usually about seven feet. Then a portion of four or five feet of length is rolled or formed by suitable, machinery so as to be fence.

ltpeclfication (if-Letters Patent.

There is a large- Patented co. 9, 1913. Serial no. 744,438.

angular in cross section instead of tubular and thus form vertical reinforcing ribs which make the post stronger than when round or tubular. The lower end of the post is longitudinally split so that the split portions can be spread and thus provide a plurality of braces or legs, said braces being a foot or so in length. Between the spread base portion and the angular upper portion there is an intermediate round portion 15. The upper portion is preferably formed with aflat side 16 throughout its length against which the fence wires lie, said flatsides appearing in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. That may be called the front side of the fence post. The rear side of the post is provided with longitudinal creases 17 on each side of the center so as to form an intermediate longitudinal rim 18. Hence, as shown in Fig. 3, the upper part of the post has practically three longitudinal ribs, one at each side and one centrally located on the backside. The creases between said ribs diminish in depth from top to bottom so that they gradually vanish when they approachthe'rounded portion 15 of the post. In the two lateral ribs of the post, holes 19 are provided through which staples or ties 20 are inserted for tying fence wires 11 to the post. At the upper end the triangular upward extension from the flat side 16 of the post is bent inward against the other surface of the post so as to practically close the top of the post, although a cap may be added thereto, if desired, and if desired a barb wire 12 at the top may be lodged between said triangular portion of the flat side of the post and the other upper edges of the post and when the triangular portion is bent over against the other parts of the top of the post, as shown in Fig. 3, it will hold that barb wire in place.

The base of the post here shown is split in four places so as to form four separate legs 22 which are spread by a bulldozer or any other suitable spreading machine, to substantially the position shown in Fig. 2,

and then preferably a horizontal brace plate 23 is secured to the lower ends of all of said inclined braces or legs 22 in order to secure their lower ends into fixed position. Therefore, when buried in the earth, it is seen that thisbaseconstruction, being cov ered by the earth, will make a very stable setting of the post. And preferably the earth should go up slightly beyond 'thc 2 i oenove round portion 15 of the post so that portion minishes from the upper end of the post would be braced by the earl: If desired downward until it vanishes in the cylindrithe post can be filled with cement which cal portion of the post.

will make it often more solid and strong. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto af- 5 I claim as my invention: fixed my signature in the presence of the 5 A hollow metal post with the lower porwitnesses herein named. tion thereof cylindrical and with the p01- THOMAS W. WRIGHT. tion above the lower portion provided with Witnesses: a flat surface on one side and with a longi- 0. M. MCLAUGHLIN,

10 tudinal rib on the opposite side which di- J. H. W'ELLs. 

